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Dec 2004

REPUBLIC OF BOHOL

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Created by virtue of Act 2711 of March 10, 1917, this island province of Bohol is the tenth largest island in the Philippines. This oval-shaped island has an area of 4,117 sq. km. and is located in the central portion of the Visayas lying between Cebu to the northwest and Leyte to the northeast. To its south is the big island of Mindanao which is separated from Bohol by the wide Mindanao Sea. Aside from the mainland, Bohol has 61 smaller offshore islands and islets. Bohol is about 700 kilometers directly south of Manila and is about 70 kilometers southeast of Cebu City.

The people of Bohol are said to be descendants of the last group of inhabitants who settled in the Philippines called Pintados (the tattooed ones). Before the Spaniards arrived in 1521, Boholanos already had a culture of their own as evidenced by the artifacts dug at Mansasa, Tagbilaran, and in Dauis and Panglao using designs during the Ming dynasty (960-1279). They had already a system of writing but most of the materials used were perishable like leaves and bark. They spoke a language similar to that of the nearby provinces.

The name Bohol is thought to be derived from the name of the barrio of Bo-ol, a barangay found in Tagbilaran City which was among the first places toured by the Magellan expedition. History has it that one of the Spanish ships of Magellan (the Concepcion) was burned in this province after Magellan was killed by Lapulapu in Mactan. In 1565 Miguel Lopez de Legazpi anchored in Jagna, one of the eastern municipalities of Bohol. He made a blood compact with the Chiefs Sikatuna and Sigala in a small village near the present capital of the province

PEOPLE! from Bohol!
PEOPLE! hu loves Bohol!



Bohol Tourism Jingle Visayan Version (Yutang Natawhan)
Music&lyricsby: Nathaniel L. Rafols

Imo bang gipangita
Ang gusto nimong masuruyan
Makabati’g kahayahay sa kinabuhing puno’s laay
Bisitaha pagsuway, ang yuta kong natawhan
Aron ikaw makatagamtam
Sa kalipay nga gipangadoy nimo’g dugay

Yeah..ooh

Sa Bohol
Makita nimo mga anindut nga paraiso
Mahisama sa, Man-Made Forest,
Chocolate Hills, White Sand Beaches
Tin-aw nga kadagatan didto sa Panglao Island
Mga Karaang Simbahan, Kampanaryo imong masudlan

Wooh..yeah

Byahe na
Adto ta sa Bohol (Wow Bohol!!)
Dali na
Adto ta sa Bohol

Sa Bohol
Na-ay Sandugo Festival
Hinagdanan Cave, Mag-aso Falls
Loboc River Cruise, Whale Watching, Dive Sites ug Tarsiers

Maabiabihong katawhan
Dili nimo mabati sa uban
Puno sa nasunod nga kultura
Daghan fiesta, panahon magtapok ang pamilya

Wooh ..yeah